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Department of Health 'pull the plug' comment worries union

Christina Myers, WPRO, December 27, 2012 United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) held a press conference Tuesday about the fate of Landmark Medical Center after the Department of Health talked about 'pulling the plug.' The union's General Counsel Chris Callaci says the conference is a reaction to Department of Health spokeswoman Annemarie Beardsworth's comment in the Providence Journal, "We don't want to just pull the plug and say we're done. Without a deal there, what happens?" Beardsworth's quote appeared in an article outlining a decision ... to give the company looking to buy Landmark, Steward Health Care Systems, a two week extension on filing paperwork. ... Department